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WASHINGTON The Reagan administration's efforts to drive Gen.
Manuel A. Noriega from power in Panama in exchange for dropping U.S.
drug charges against him collapsed Wednesday, a frustrated Secretary
of State George P. Shultz announced.

"No further negotiations are contemplated," Shultz said. "No
offers remain on the table."

Shultz would not comment on whether military options might now
be used to put pressure on Noriega, who has been unswayed by economic
sanctions that have crippled his country. "The United States has
performed with great restraint," Shultz said.

Shultz said U.S. bargainers gave up when Noriega refused to
agree to "very detailed and formal" terms that his negotiators had
accepted. …

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